PRATE


Meaning of PRATE in English

v. & n.

v. 1 intr. chatter; talk too much. 2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly. 3 tr. tell or say in a prating manner.

n. prating; idle talk. prater n. prating adj.

[ ME f. MDu., MLG praten, prob. imit. ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.